24 imac snow leopard backup on 27 iMac Lion? Can I restore system from backup?

Hi guys, I have a 24 inch iMac which came with preinstalled Snow Leopard. I am about to buy a new 27 iMac which I beleve comes with preinstalled Lion. I have been using time machine to fully back up my 24 inch iMac. What I want to know, is that when I buy my new 27 inch iMac, will I be able to restore it's system from my Snow leopard 24 inch imac backup? Please get back to me, thank you for your time

Start with Kappy's post here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3525616
As it says in the next-to-last paragraph, you can restore some things, but not others.
"Simple" apps, that were just dropped into the Applications folder, can be restored that way, but be careful not to replace any Snow Leopard versions with Lion versions -- they likely won't work.
"Complex" apps must be reinstalled from their original discs.  See Transferring  Applications for an explanation.
Some Snow Leopard apps won't work with the Lion file/folder structure.  Mail is one for sure, and there may be others.
All told, you may be better off fixing whatever's wrong, if possible, and/or getting used to or finding workarounds for changes you don't like.

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